Accident Report Detail

Accident: 170381537 - Employee Killed In Fall From Scaffold

**Accident: 170381537 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 05/12/1998**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
125489278	05/12/1998	1791	Midwest Steel Inc.

Employee #1, who was both a signalman and an iron worker, stepped from a roof parapet to the ledge of an unplanked scaffold to check on a load. As he returned from the scaffold guardrail to the parapet, he fell approximately 40 ft to the street. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: roof, signalman, iron worker, work rules, construction, fall, fall protection, scaffold, unstable position

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		Other		$50,000 to $250,000	6	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	125489278			Fatality	Fracture	Structural metal workers	FallDist: FallHt:40 Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Landing Materials (Hoi FatCause: Fall from/with scaffold

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